Human Trafficking in [Spain Street Children in [Spain] [other countries]Child Prostitution in [Spain] [other countries] |
Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery Kingdom
of Spain [ Country-by-Country
Reports ] The Spain is a transit and destination country for men, women, and
children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and
forced labor. While most victims are women between the ages of 18 and 24
trafficked for sexual exploitation, females as young as 16 are also
trafficked to Spain for the same purpose, and men are trafficked for forced
labor, usually in agriculture. Primary source countries for victims
trafficked to Spain are Romania, Russia, Brazil, Colombia and Nigeria,
although victims are also trafficked from other areas of Latin America,
Eastern Europe, and Africa. In smaller numbers, Chinese victims are
trafficked to Spain primarily for labor exploitation. - U.S. State
Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2008 [full
country report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Spanish police rescue hostage boy Spain has cracked a number of groups smuggling Nigerian women. Two Nigerian women have been arrested in Spain accused of stealing a child and forcing his mother into prostitution to pay their ransom. The mother, also Nigerian, claims her son was snatched from her shortly after he was born four years ago. She said the women demanded 45,000 euros (£31,000) for his return and threatened her with "voodoo". The
Price of a Slave in Brazil AN ANIMAL IN A ZOO - Before leaving Brazil, I
suspected prostitution but I never imagined that I would be a prisoner,
threatened day and night. At the house, we were slaves. I never got anything,
not money, not clothes. I didn't have my documents so I couldn't leave. We
were given very little food, and we had to stay up until 5 am every day,
trying to get customers. We couldn't even leave the house
without being accompanied by "security." One of the girls was
threatened with death after she left for a weekend. They thought she went
looking for the Brazilian consulate. We never had routine medical exams, much
less tests for AIDS. I fled when I met a Brazilian
customer to whom I told my story. It seems that he had contact with other
groups because nine days after I told him my story he returned, gave me a
false passport and a ticket back to Brazil.
I escaped, but even today I think of my friends there who are being
held prisoners, like animals in a zoo. ***
ARCHIVES *** Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – Methods
used by traffickers to maintain control of their victims included physical
abuse, forced use of drugs, withholding of travel documents, and threats to
the victim's family. Women from Traffickers lured some victims
from other regions with false promises of employment in service industries
and agriculture but then forced them into prostitution upon their arrival in
the country. The media reported that criminal networks often lured their
victims by using travel agencies and newspaper advertisements in their home
countries that promised guaranteed employment in Concluding
Observations Of The Committee On The Rights Of The Child (CRC) - 2002 [8] In line with its previous
recommendation (ibid., para.20), the Committee welcomes the improvement of
safeguards in the cases of inter-country adoption contained in Act 1/1996 and
the ratification of the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and
Cooperation in respect of Inter-country Adoption. RIGHTS:
Activists Demand that Spain Sign Convention Against Human Trafficking Gentiana Susaj, coordinator of the
RED, said it is important for Spain to sign and ratify the Convention because
it is one of the foremost European destination and transit countries for
human trafficking. The victims are mainly women aged between 18 and 25 from
Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Romania, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and Nigeria. These women are recruited in their countries
of origin and taken abroad by mafias who deceive or coerce them. They are
usually promised jobs in Spain, and when they arrive, most find themselves
locked up in brothels. Police
arrest 60 people in crackdown on human trafficking ring Authorities raided five brothels
and nine homes in the province of Almeria, arresting 13 people suspected of
leading the ring. Investigators believe the women
were brought to Spain with fake documentation and kept under strict lockdown in
the nightclubs where they were forced to work. Spanish
police arrest 7 for human-trafficking The arrests took place in the
northeastern Mediterranean coastal region of Costa Brava, where the gang
allegedly smuggled in women, mostly from Russia, forcing them to work
streetwalking or in roadside brothels, police said. Police said the group employed two people
based in St. Petersburg, Russia, who targeted women by offering jobs in Spain
in exchange for Š2,000 (US$2,675). Spanish,
Bulgarian police dismantle alleged human trafficking ring The ring — allegedly led by
35-year-old Bulgarian, who was not identified by name — is suspected of
organizing the smuggling of more than 500 women from eastern European
countries into Spain, where police said the victims were treated as "sex
slaves." "The women's
freedom of movement was restricted, and they were often subjected to
violence," Petrov said, adding that they were forced to work as
prostitutes. Organised
Crime & Law Enforcement in Europe HUMAN TRAFFICKING MAIN ROMANIAN
PROBLEM IN SPAIN -
Spain's general prosecutor Candido Conde Pumpido stressed yesterday that the
biggest problem the Spanish judicial authorities face when it comes to Romanians
is the human trafficking. Spanish
police have broken up a gang of Romanian human traffickers Spanish police have broken up a
gang of Romanian human traffickers who were faking identity documents and
credit cards. Twenty-two people have been arrested, the majority of them
Romanians. The gang specialized in
bringing Romanian women, often under-age girls, to Spanish
police rescue hostage boy Spanish
Police Arrest 14 in Crackdown on Immigrant Prostitution Ring The group recruited hundreds of
women coming mainly from FG
Smashes Human Trafficking Syndicate According to Babandede, the parcel
contained shocking pornographic photographs of Nigerian girls based in Freedom
House Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free Human Rights Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide U.S. Library of Congress
- Country Study The
Price of a Slave in Brazil AN ANIMAL IN A ZOO - Before leaving Brazil, I
suspected prostitution but I never imagined that I would be a prisoner,
threatened day and night. At the house, we were slaves. I never got anything,
not money, not clothes. I didn't have my documents so I couldn't leave. We
were given very little food, and we had to stay up until 5 am every day,
trying to get customers. We couldn't even leave the house
without being accompanied by "security." One of the girls was
threatened with death after she left for a weekend. They thought she went
looking for the Brazilian consulate. We never had routine medical exams, much
less tests for AIDS. I fled when I met a Brazilian
customer to whom I told my story. It seems that he had contact with other
groups because nine days after I told him my story he returned, gave me a
false passport and a ticket back to Brazil.
I escaped, but even today I think of my friends there who are being
held prisoners, like animals in a zoo. ECPAT Spain
launches a new campaign against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children (CSEC) The campaign’s main goal is the
prevention of CSEC by raising the awareness of people travelling from Spain
to tourist destinations known to offer the opportunity to engage in sexual
relationships with minors. COUNTER-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS - In 2001, tensions between Spain
and Morocco increased as government officials on each side blamed the other
country for smuggling and trafficking problems in the region. Spain accused
Morocco of not doing enough to limit the illegal activities, while Morocco
claimed that Spanish mafia gangs were responsible for the increase in the
number of illegal immigrants who tried to enter Spain by boat from Morocco.
These days Spain has set up a network of sensors and cameras along the coast
to intercept illegal migrants. All material used herein
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